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“Ayumu, can you kiss me?”
“Hm? Sure.”

It was morning and I was drinking coffee while reading manga. Mika, who was sitting next to me, pestered me with her demands to be spoiled. Our lips soon met, and our tongues had their back and forth.

“Pfft. That was one bitter kiss.”
“That’s because I was drinking coffee.”

Such was our lovestruck everyday life. From an outside perspective, it might’ve looked unusual (like two newlyweds having their honeymoon), but for us it was perfectly normal.

“Ayumu~, let’s do something~.”

Mika seemed to be in a mood to be spoiled today… it was adorable. She made that request while looking up at me from within a hug, which was quite the feat since we currently had the same height. Honestly, it was so cute, I could die.

“Hm, and what would that be?”
“Maybe go on a date outside? Or we could do a cosplay convention?”

Cosplay. When we did that, Mika always wore the suggestive outfit of some manga character at the end. A very suggestive one. She’d say stuff like “It’s to make you happy”… and then turn bright red, even though there was no real reason to be embarrassed with me. And then, we’d usually move on to adult fun.

But I wasn’t in the mood for that today. I wanted to enjoy my time without getting frisky, so going on a date sounded like the better option.

“Shall we go on a date, then?”
“Alright! Date it is!” she happily agreed.

Hm… so where should I take her? When we were on a date, she seemed happy no matter what we did. While that was cute, I couldn’t help feeling as if being pampered by me lowered her IQ. Maybe having too much fun was doing strange things to her mind?

“Let’s go, then.”
“Yeah.”

We changed into outside clothes, held hands, equipped disguise items that made us look like completely different people (so no one would try to talk to us or send messages), and finally stepped outside. This might come as no surprise, but we walked around with arms linked so closely, it was practically a hug.

“Where are we going?”
“I haven’t decided.”
“Alright! Then let’s choose something while we’re on the date.”

I needed to settle on a spot. Going at it without a plan like a certain beefcake wouldn’t fly. Though Rir seemed happy with it.

“…In the end, there are more options for recreation on Earth.”
“I guess. But this place has other merits… though there definitely are few date spots.”

We were walking around while sharing our complaints. At times, we stopped to look at birds or kiss each other on the cheek.

“Should we eat our boxed lunch already?”
“Huh? We didn’t make any lunch boxes, you know?”
“I’m making some with Item Master right now… Here you go.”
“Thank you.”

We sat down on a bench in a park, stuffed our cheeks with sandwiches, and fed each other potato garnish. Mika deliberately licked all my fingers.

“That was yummy!”
“My fingers?”
“Those too. So, what will we do?”

No good idea had come to me, yet. Ultimately, I was just as bad as Shuu. Well, it wasn’t the same, definitely.

“Th-Then, how about visiting an art gallery?”
“Eh-heh-heh… You know, I’ll follow you wherever you go, Ayumu.”

She was adorable. It felt like I kept calling her nothing but “adorable” and “cute”, but it was true.

“Alright, let’s do-”

⟦…Alim, my apologies for suddenly contacting you.⟧
⟦Uhm, yes!?⟧

I was contacted by the king. His timing was just awful. Though at least it wasn’t when we were about to get intimate, like last time.

“What’s wrong?”
“Sorry, Mika, I just got a message. Could you wait for a moment?”
“Alright.”

Right after replying so, she hugged me from behind. This was apparently how she’d spend the wait.

In any case.

⟦…My apologies for keeping you waiting, Your Majesty, what do you need?⟧
⟦Mephistophales’ execution has concluded… I merely wanted to inform you about the fact.⟧

I see, so it’s over.
It had been three days since Mr. Mitsuo had entrusted me with his pinky. The time to send him back to Earth had finally come. Well, we were on a date right now, so it would have to wait until tomorrow.

⟦Understood. Thank you for telling me, Your Majesty.⟧
⟦Of course, ’til another time.⟧

The king cut off the transmission.

Thinking of the execution made me remember how Mika’s face had looked after she died because of Mephistophales. It made me uncomfortable, giving me the impulse to voice my grievances. For the time being, I erased the mental image by indulging in her cuteness.

“Oh, Mika! Come on, let’s kiss!”
“Uhm, sure? Eh-heh-heh, you’re a kissing fiend, after all.”

We shared our second intense kiss of the day. This time, it tasted sweet all the way.

“Phew. Alright, shall we go to the art gallery?”
“Let’s!”

We linked arms again. And then we did our best to enjoy the rest of our date.

TL notes:
And that’s the end of volume 18, the longest and (at least in my opinion) most boring one so far. The dates went on for a full 15 chapters and were mostly filler, and the wedding wasn’t that exciting either.

Hopefully, the next volume, which seems to be focused on the guide, the Bufura Kingdom’s variation of the hero/sage, will be more interesting again.

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